All Downhill From Here

Flipped on Oct 27, 2009 in Swimming Triathlon In the last couple of years, I’ve gotten in the pool in the weeks leading up to triathlons mainly because I had set race goals and needed to make sure I’d survive the water course before getting to the fun part of the race. Now I have no...

McHugh Bluff on Oct 23, 2009 in Calgary Running Running Friends friends run trails Today I took some time out from work for a lunch run. I headed over to the square at Eau Claire first, in case anyone from the Start Line had decided to embrace the day in the same way. I waited 5 minutes and then headed out on my own. It was a lovel...

Confederation Park Relay on Oct 23, 2009 in Running Running Friends XC Races cross country hills sunday trails XC This weekend we got to run one of my favourite races, the CRR XC 3 x 4k relay. I know I said earlier that the River Park Classic is one of my favourite races; so is this one. In fact, nearly all of the Grand Prix series are my favourites most of the...

XC = Cross-Creek on Oct 18, 2009 in Puddles Running Running Friends XC Races cross country hills park race roadrunners run trails XC 2009XCRvrPk190, originally uploaded by Dawn – Pink Chick. I splashed through this stretch of water twice at the Calgary Roadrunners River Park Classic XC race a couple of weeks ago. Well, I splashed through some of it. A few yards of it were u...

Bowling, Terry Fox, and a Swim on Sep 21, 2009 in Cross Training Road Races Running Running Friends Swimming Last Saturday the 12th, I had some fun organizing a bowling party for a bunch of us at work. We all had a good time and I bowled one of my best games ever.  Here’s a shot of me during the silly game, with someone else about to bowl between my...

Invigorating on Sep 21, 2009 in Running Swimming One of the best things about autumn running is that all that slogging I put in over the summer finally pays off. When I’m running in warm weather it always feels like so much work to get through a run, but take that same fitness and effort into...

Bubbles and Curly on Sep 21, 2009 in Uncategorized Tuesday I was on my own for a lunch run, so I covered a slightly different route from the usual. Near Prince’s Island Park I settled in behind a couple of runners I thought I would try to keep up to, whom I nicknamed “Bubbles and Curly...